Anglopolis
Prince Cauchney and his sister Princess Esperantina were devastated at the news of their father, the King’s plight. When the news reached them, they were in their own castle in the outskirts of Anglopolis, in a place known as Dialectia. One could think of Dialectia as a smaller version of Anglopolis. The Prince and his sister, who ruled Dialectia, however, felt completely opposite. Their frustration with their father’s reign over Anglopolis was not something they kept quiet about. The prince was known for his subtle character, but his sister? People say that her first cry at birth was louder than the sound of the Royal Gong. She had a reputation for being vocal, especially when it came to discussing her father’s reign.
Neither the prince nor the princess was aware of their mothers’ identity. Most people said they were a mixture of Irish and Welsh. And others claimed they were a mixture of Latin and French. However, no one knew for sure. Languelot never allowed this to be a point of conversation, which lead to people believing that perhaps the identity of the real mother was too scandalou. Neither the prince nor the princess were aware of their mothers’ identity till that fateful evening. The messenger walked into the Prince’s Hall, a rather strange act for someone of his status. “Your Highness, my deepest apologies for this disrespectful act. By no means do I intend to invade your privacy. The strange man asked for this letter to be delivered to you immediately.” The messenger got down on one knee and presented the letter to the prince. Upon receiving the letter, the prince was slightly baffled, he didn’t recognize the seal. He unrolls it.
“’O young descent of the legendary Queen Lateenah, claim thy throne, for soon you might never get it back. Languelot is a mere usurper. Anglopolis belongs to you, Royal Descent. This is your land, your castle, you shall be the ruler, you shall be spoken.”
Baffled by the contents of the letter, Prince asks for his sister to be sent to his hall immediately. “Esperantina, I believe our true identity has been revealed to us”, the prince told her calmly. “What is this baffling assertion you are making, brother-dear? Do you feel feverish? Would you like me to call the medicine man?” scurried the princess. “Silence!” the prince shouted. This was perhaps the first time one heard the prince raise his voice. Once the princess calmed down, the prince explained the letter to his sister, breaking it to her that the rumours were correct, they were born of Latin origins. Esperantina’s mixed origins served as an evidence for the King’s promiscuous nature. Yet, she was mostly of Latin origins, or so they discovered. Was this the letter that changed Anglopolis’ history of 3500 years?
The prince was a well known practicing alchemist. He was known to have discovered various chemicals which helped fight pest season and locust season, making him a hero in both Anglopolis and Dialectia. Rumour had it that he was the man behind creating that fatal disease which infected King Languelot. However, this allegation was never validated.
Anyone walking into the courtyard of King Languelot’s castle could feel the heaviness in the air. The air was heavy with the odour of deception, horrific, deathly deception. However, as one walks in, they’d be bombarded with the sweet smell of sadness, overwhelming sadness, tainted with a hit of pleasure, guilty pleasure as a lot of people call it. King Languelot, Ruler of Anglopolis had been diagnosed with the fatal unidentified disease. Up until this disease infected the King, its existence was only a rumour, a rumour that a medicine man from the outskirts of Anglopolis was creating a fatal disease to kill off the remaining traitors from the Word War. The rumour had been disregarded to be as absurd as it sounds, for there was no medicine man in the outskirts of Anglopolis, and certainly not intelligent enough to create such a disease. In fact, there was no man in all of Anglopolis who was capable of creating such a fatal disease, except for one man.
The prince and princess both entered the castle feeling as though they were the rulers of Anglopolis. Their devastated façade had played it to their advantage for they were now both eligible to rule Anglopolis, as suggested by the Elders. Soon they realised that they were not the only ones with a twisted plan, the Elders were not letting go of Anglopolis without a fight. A fight between the Prince and the Princess.
Overwhelmed by the thirst of power, both Esperantina and Cauchney fought till only a quarter of Anglopolis survived, four day long war, now spoken of as the Abbreviated Battle, the King makes a miraculous recovery. The recovery was done when the King was allowed to mate with Lady Irina to give birth to Baby Iringlia. Only then, the King realised that he had the ability to give rise to more Dialects like the Prince and Princess, that he still had more to offer to Anglopolis, his reign was not yet done. Upon exiting his hall he sees the massacre which had happened while he was on his deathbed. He sees that the Anglopolis which he knew was gone and he was left to rule a new kingdom, with mostly new breeds. King Languelot had once again survived a war where his offspring tried to usurp his position.
by
mchy (student)
